Noctua NH-D14 Cooler (best Air Cooler!)

[mav2000]

Looks like 4 8 mm heatpipes and a very nice copper base....never heard of this one before.

[Monstru]

Arrow has the same issues as old TR products: lousy base finish, poor mounting system not to mention its not nickel plated. Add to that the price of 50 euro and you're better off with an IFX-14.

Heres a few pictures of Arrow's base:

http://forum.lab501.ro/attachment.ph...3&d=1263739313

http://forum.lab501.ro/attachment.ph...4&d=1263739313

http://forum.lab501.ro/attachment.ph...5&d=1263739313

That is only one piece of Arrow, and as we all know very well, TR base finish can be very much different from one piece to the other. God know TRUE had problems like this over and over again. However, the interesting part is how the Arrow will perform on i7, lapped and full package. Judging from Ramiro's latest IFX-14 experiences, that might be something very interesting

[LarsMarkelson]

That is only one piece of Arrow, and as we all know very well, TR base finish can be very much different from one piece to the other. God know TRUE had problems like this over and over again. However, the interesting part is how the Arrow will perform on i7, lapped and full package. Judging from Ramiro's latest IFX-14 experiences, that might be something very interesting

I'm intrigued! Got a link to this? I tried to search on their for ifx14 and didn't see it.

[halfwaythere]

The Noctua versus IFX article will be coming out in a few days. Expect something unusually thorough.

[ahmad]

The only way the Fenrir is better than the Noctua is if the latter is mounted upside down with no paste and fanless. Please stop reading stupid stuff on the internets. Common knowledge usually does a much better job.

Common knowledge says if you put a fan on your brain it will help you think better Sometimes the brain overheats when there is brain tissue damage due to... well, many reasons.

The world expert on everything has spoken...

I trust hardwarecanucks more than I trust some no name internet tough guy.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...review-10.html

[halfwaythere]

Good for you son. I hope you have the same luck when buying an i7, ie you get one that doesn't go beyond 70 degrees with any crappy cooler on top at 1.45v.

You gotta love brainwashed kids believing every piece of crap hdt is on par with the top dogs.

[ahmad]

Good for you son. I hope you have the same luck when buying an i7, ie you get one that doesn't go beyond 70 degrees with any crappy cooler on top at 1.45v.

You gotta love brainwashed kids believing every piece of crap hdt is on par with the top dogs.

Gotta love worthless people on the internet

[LarsMarkelson]

Common knowledge says if you put a fan on your brain it will help you think better Sometimes the brain overheats when there is brain tissue damage due to... well, many reasons.

The world expert on everything has spoken...

I trust hardwarecanucks more than I trust some no name internet tough guy.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...review-10.html

I can't trust this review since they only mounted each heatsink once. There's a lot of variance in temps with different mounts. Look at this chart, and this was done by the very experienced Vapor:



Granted that's for ICD7 and they used MX2 in their testing. I chose this chart since it shows very clearly just how much mounting can change temps.

[ahmad]

You might have a point, but it still reflects what 99% of what the users do. Assuming all coolers were given equal opportunity, I would assume after several remounts it would still produce the same ranking.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/coo...ooler-review/3

Where you might have more of a point is with ambient temps. Those screw with results more than anything, especially air coolers.

If someone wants to send me a Titan Fenrir I'll do my own tests

[halfwaythere]

You seem like a nice guy so I'm gonna give you some tips: whenever you see a test where the stock intel cooler doesn't have a FAIL next to it you can bet your house and car they are not pushing it hard enough. Secondly you ought to ask yourself: why would I buy a cooler costing over 50 bucks since there are similarly performing products way cheaper. The whole idea behind buying a high end product is to go beyond regular and stock.

Not my favorite site but he seems to have a better grip on reality:

http://www.overclockersclub.com/revi...ua_nhd14/4.htm

[ahmad]

I saw almost all the noctua reviews, only 3 pitted it against the titan.

Thanks for your advise, but I think I will make my own conclusions on products and reviews

[shaolin95]

I saw almost all the noctua reviews, only 3 pitted it against the titan.

Thanks for your advise, but I think I will make my own conclusions on products and reviews

You already had your mind set buddy so whats new?
You want to believe that your fav cooler is the best thing ever...good for you but stop posting so much non sense.
Your pretty cooler cannot touch any of the top 3 monsters and you are the only one that do not want to see it.

[lkiller123]

I mean, really? The flaming was going on for more than a month already..

[Monstru]

Well, I guess people have to take a break on Christmas, New Year's Eve, have a nice time with the family, enjoy their hollidays, and when they get back to work, poooof, all that anger goes out on the internet.

[ahmad]

Wow whats wrong with people here? Did you read my post, I just bought a Noctua not too long ago... Its impressive and I love it, but!

I didn't make up my mind, I want to see reviews that compare all these coolers, is this hard to understand? I am finding much difficulty understanding this ignorant point of view that the Noctua is the greatest and anyone that says otherwise is retarded?

I want to prove to myself I own the best air cooler in the world, but I need proof, evidence, or whatever you call it in your native language.

Seriously, wtf.

[halfwaythere]

If you want the ultimate proof buy the Fenrir and test it yourself, but the only way you'll see relevant differences is if you test them on an i7 with 1.4v+. Big coolers like the Noctua and IFX-14 love high TDP cpus.

[falloutboy]

My Q6600 , testing on high voltage .
Bios 1.593Vcore
Vdrop 1.568v

[ahmad]

your ambient must be at most 10°C...

[falloutboy]

lol ^^ my ambient is 22c . recording to my aircondition remote control.

[ahmad]

That sounds hard to believe.. a difference of 2°C between ambient temps and idle temps? That's ridiculous! If I had a delta like that in my watercooling setup I'd be more than happy.

I mean I hope its true, and I want to believe, but can I?!

[halfwaythere]

Theres a 5 degree difference between the hottest and the coldest core in idle which is plausible. And the load results are also fair since the Noctua can do this fanless:

http://forum.lab501.ro/showpost.php?...&postcount=161

The fact is 775 chips with correct sensors are not very hot for these monsters.

[falloutboy]

Theres a 5 degree difference between the hottest and the coldest core in idle which is plausible. And the load results are also fair since the Noctua can do this fanless:

http://forum.lab501.ro/showpost.php?...&postcount=161

The fact is 775 chips with correct sensors are not very hot for these monsters.

Dude in that screenie , as i see the guy is using TJ Max of 100 ... thats wrong by intel its suppose to be TJ max 90 (well some say its 95) .
then decrease 10c from the screenie , its 77 77 76 76 c per core .

[halfwaythere]

You should probably talk to the maker of Realtemp, Kevin aka unclewebb.

[IvanAndreevich]

I tested it with a 955 C2 and the D14 was about 6C colder than the H50 both using the same fans but the D14 had the fan in the middle as well so it was two against 3 but I did run the H50 fans harder and still was not able to compete with the D14 and that was on a phenom.
Now I got a 920 i7 (need to update sig) but no H50 though.

Thanks. Ended up getting the DH-14, and I'm pretty happy with it

[6a6an]

Noctua NH-D14 vs Cogage Arrow
http://www.technic3d.com/article-101...oessenwahn.htm